South Bronx Battles

Stories of Resistance, Resilience, and Renewal

Carolyn McLaughlin (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

368 Seiten

2019
University of California Press (Verlag)
978-0-520-28897-3 (ISBN)

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Community activist Carolyn McLaughlin takes us on a journey of the South Bronx through the eyes of its community members. Facing burned-out neighborhoods of the 1970s, the community fought back. McLaughlin illustrates the spirit of the community in creating a vibrant, diverse culture and its decades-long commitment to develop nonprofit housing and social-services, and to advocate for better education, health care, and a healthier environment. For the South Bronx to remain a safe haven for poor families, maintaining affordable housing is the central—but most challenging—task.

South Bronx Battles is the comeback story of a community that was once in crisis but now serves as a beacon for other cities to rebuild, while keeping their neighborhoods affordable.

Carolyn McLaughlin is a social worker who worked in the South Bronx for fifty years. For thirty-four years she led BronxWorks, which became a highly respected human service agency that helps 35,000 people a year. David Gómez is President of Hostos Community College in the South Bronx.

List of Illustrations
Foreword
South Bronx Timeline
Map of South Bronx

1. The South Bronx: An Introduction
2. How the South Bronx Became the Poorest
Congressional District
3. Why the South Bronx Burned
4. People Fight Back: 1960s and 1970s
5. Progress, but Plagues Descend on the South
Bronx: 1980s
6. Not Yet Paradise, but We’ve Come a Long Way: 1990s
7. Many Faces of Success: 2000–2018
8. “The Bronx Was the Last Place”: Reflections
on Displacement and Gentrification
9. Lessons Learned
Epilogue

Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Glossary
Notes
Interviews
Bibliography
Index

Erscheinungsdatum	12.06.2019
Vorwort	Dr. David Gómez
Zusatzinfo	20 b-w photos, 1 table, 1 map
Verlagsort	Berkerley
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Gewicht	635 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie
ISBN-10	0-520-28897-1 / 0520288971
ISBN-13	978-0-520-28897-3 / 9780520288973
Zustand	Neuware